Example sentences of "is [num] [prep] [art] [num ord] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | When times are good , people spend relatively more on gambling ; when they are bad , gambling expenditure is one of the first things to be cut back . |
| 2 | The large and unmistakable clay phallus for insertion in a wall is one of the first things to greet us as we enter the exhibition . |
| 3 | The generosity of machine knitters comes as no surprise to us — it is one of the first things one notices about them . |
| 4 | ‘ The length of the toe bone is one of the last things to change in the loss of arboreality , ’ said Lovejoy . |
| 5 | We are very unlikely to come across a headline telling us that a member of the Anglican Church has killed himself ( unless , perhaps , it is a vicar ) — in fact , the Anglican 's religious affiliation is one of the last things likely to be mentioned in a report . |